Parallel Corpus Analysis of Text and Audio Comprehension to Evaluate Readability Formula Effectiveness: Quantitative Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health literacy, the ability to understand and act on health information, is critical for patient outcomes and health care system effectiveness. While plain language guidelines enhance text-based communication, audio-based health information remains underexplored, despite the growing use of digital assistants and smart devices in health care. Traditional readability formulas, such as Flesch-Kincaid, provide limited insights into the complexity of health-related texts and fail to address challenges specific to audio formats. Factors like syntax and semantic features significantly influence comprehension and retention across modalities.

Objective

This study investigates features that affect comprehension of medical information delivered via text or audio formats. We

SUBMITTER: Ahmed A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12490814 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature